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+description: A note on writing plain, durable HTML.
+planted: 2024-08-11
+tended: 2026-05-30
+---
+# The case for plain HTML
+
+*A note, not an essay — expect it to change. This page shows how a wiki note reads: internal wiki links render as underlined-dotted links, and a backlinks panel sits at the bottom.*
+
+A hand-written HTML page is the most durable document format I know of that still looks like a document. It has no runtime, no dependencies, and no version that can go out of date. A file I wrote in 2004 opens today, pixel-for-pixel, in a browser that didn't exist then.
+
+This connects to [Gemtext & the small web](index.html) — both are bets that *constraint outlives capability*. See also [How I take notes](index.html) for why I keep the source in plain text.
+
+## Things I no longer do
+
+- Reach for a framework before there's a second page.
+- Add a build step to save five keystrokes.
+- Load a web font when the reader already owns a good one.
+
+## The test
+
+Turn JavaScript off. If the page is worse, I've added fragility I have to maintain forever. If it's identical, I'm done. This whole site passes that test — see the [colophon](../about/index.html).
+
+## Linked from
+
+- [Gemtext & the small web](index.html)
+- [Home-lab & self-hosting](index.html)
+- [Moving my weblog off Gemini (without leaving it)](../weblog/moving-off-gemini.html)